In recent months #metoo has made headlines around the world, and other issues such as pay inequality and fair gender representation in the political and corporate spheres have risen to the fore again and have sparked wide debate. As we mark International Women’s Day on the opening of the 2018 Bookworm Literary Festival, Joanna Chiu (Correspondent for Agence France-Presse) will lead a discussion bringing together Zhang Yajun (presenter for Radii’s Wǒ Men podcasts), Dan Bao (a writer who focuses on gender issues) and Lenora Chu (author of Little Soldiers: An American Boy, A Chinese School, and a Global Race to Achieve). They will discuss what it means to be a woman in 2018, what lessons to take from the past year, and how to now move forward gender debates in China and across the world. The languages of the event are English and Chinese.

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